The Plough and the Stars

A special centenary edition published for the Abbey Theatre, where Sean O'Casey's masterpiece first opened in 1926.

The residents of a Dublin tenement shelter from the violence that sweeps through the city's streets. What kind of Ireland awaits them?

Set amid the tumult of the Easter Rising, The Plough and the Stars is the story of ordinary lives ripped apart by the idealism of the time.

The residents of a Dublin tenement shelter from the violence that sweeps through the city's streets. A revolution that will shape the country's future rages around them. What kind of Ireland awaits them?

Set amid the tumult of the Easter Rising, The Plough and the Stars is the story of ordinary lives ripped apart by the idealism of the time.